Malice (1993)

Regisseur:

Harold Becker

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Aaron Sorkin (story) and
Jonas McCord (story) ...

Premierendatum:

1. Oktober 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Krimi | Mystery | Thriller

Werbezeile:

Her doctor wasn't playing God. He thought he was God.

Plot:

A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.

Plot Keywords:

Betrayal | Murder | Pregnancy | Miscarriage | Doctor

Filmpreise:

2 wins

Nutzerkommentare:

Jed,Andy,Tracy and the jack of clubs.

Besetzung

Alec Baldwin	...	Dr. Jed Hill
Nicole Kidman	...	Tracy Kennsinger
Bill Pullman	...	Andy Safian
Bebe Neuwirth	...	Det. Dana Harris
George C. Scott	...	Dr. Martin Kessler
Anne Bancroft	...	Mrs. Kennsinger
Peter Gallagher	...	Atty. Dennis Riley
Josef Sommer	...	Atty. Lester Adams
Tobin Bell	...	Earl Leemus
William Duff-Griffin	...	Dr. George Sullivan
Debrah Farentino	...	Nurse Tanya
Gwyneth Paltrow	...	Paula Bell
David Bowe	...	Dr. Matthew Robertson
Diana Bellamy	...	Ms. Worthington
Michael Hatt	...	Neighbor Boy

Alternativ:

Bodily Harm (USA) (working title)
Malice - Eine Intrige (Österreich) (Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

107 Min

Produktionsland:

Canada | USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby SR

Altersfreigabe:

Australia:PG | Philippines:X (original rating) | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 (re-rating) | Australia:M (TV rating) | Portugal:M/16 | Iceland:16 | Canada:14A | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | Argentina:16

Drehorte:

Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

Firma:

Castle Rock Entertainment

Dies und das:

A sign for the fictional college was placed at the Smith College campus location the day before it was to be shot, but was stolen that night and never recovered.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: The doctor's address on the Rolodex card is 36 Hedges Lane, but the mailbox on the house states 38 Hedges Lane.

Dialogzitate:

Jed: Bad things happen to good people all the time, Andy, for no reason what-so-ever...

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in "Saturday Night Live: Bob Saget/TLC (#20.19)" (1995)

Soundtrack:

MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME

Jed,Andy,Tracy and the jack of clubs.

The first thing to bear in mind is that there are (like in Hitchcock's "family plot",there the comparison ends)TWO distinct plots :

-The threesome Baldwin/Pullman/Kidman and the ominous plans of some of them.

-And then a serial killer who hangs about the campus ,in the college where Andy works.

There's a very thin ,very thin connection between the two stories,and it's a question of ...well I will not write a spoiler.

The screenplay is far-fetched,but has enough unexpected twists to sustain the interest till the very end (yes,even the very last sequence contains a "revelation") But the real meat lies in one sequence.A bewildered Andy pays a visit to an old alcoholic shrew ,played by Mrs Bancroft.Had she had a more important part,she 'd have stolen the show hands down.Every minute of this sequence is a lesson young actresses should pay attention to.Dig the way she delivers the line :"welcome to the club".

"Malice" is fun to watch,after a hard day's labor.Not much food for thought,but entertaining throughout